Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving a coach ...
... Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving a coach ...
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... Engl . ) Froude ( Short Studies on Great Subjects , 1886 , vol . iv , p . 175 ) gives them as follows : " I am pre- pared to die for Christ and for His Church . " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life ! EARL of ...
... Engl . ) Froude ( Short Studies on Great Subjects , 1886 , vol . iv , p . 175 ) gives them as follows : " I am pre- pared to die for Christ and for His Church . " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life ! EARL of ...
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... Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL GARFIELD ( 1831-81 ) -concluding words of a brief speech at New York , April 15 , 1865 , the day of President Lincoln's death . Garfield became ...
... Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL GARFIELD ( 1831-81 ) -concluding words of a brief speech at New York , April 15 , 1865 , the day of President Lincoln's death . Garfield became ...
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... Engl . Comic Writers ) as " a lively sense of future favours . Cf. 37 A grateful sense of favours past , A lively hope of more to come ( authorship unknown ) . See Toutes les fois que je donne une place etc .; L'ingratitude est l ...
... Engl . Comic Writers ) as " a lively sense of future favours . Cf. 37 A grateful sense of favours past , A lively hope of more to come ( authorship unknown ) . See Toutes les fois que je donne une place etc .; L'ingratitude est l ...
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... Engl . ) the PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ( 1809-65 ) —in a speech to Illinois Whig State Convention at Springfield , June 16 , 1858 . I called the New World into ex- istence to redress the balance of the Old . GEORGE CANNING ( 1770-1827 ) ...
... Engl . ) the PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ( 1809-65 ) —in a speech to Illinois Whig State Convention at Springfield , June 16 , 1858 . I called the New World into ex- istence to redress the balance of the Old . GEORGE CANNING ( 1770-1827 ) ...
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς